Hair-retaining device.



R. B.-'0STERHOUD T. HAIR RETAINING DEVICE. -APPILIOATIOIIFILED N0'V.1-a 1905.

PATENTED ULY'sI, 190s;

A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. RODNEY; B. OSTERHOUDT, or KINGSTON, NEW YORK.

' i HAIR-RETAINING DEVlCEl Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1906.

Application filed November 1,1906. Serial No. 285,882. g

, To all whom/fit may concern.-

Be it known that I, RODNEY B. OSTER- HOUDT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State of New York,-have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iair-Retaining Devices, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

" My invention relates to improvements in hair-retaining devices.

Hair-retaining devices now in common 'use are generally made of horn or some imitation of real shell, as celluloid, hard rubber, and the like, and devices made of such-material have little frictional resistance and are very liable to slip out of. the hair.

The objectof my invention is to provide a hair-retaining device in which this tendency to slip or fall out shall be reduced to a minimum.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the best mode now known to me of-applying that principle, Figures 1, 2, and 3 illustrate a hair-pin embodying my invention, andFig. 4 shows my mvention asembodied in a back comb.

The outside of the hair-pin a is shown in Fig. 1 and-the inside thereof in 'Fig. 3, while Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same looking to the right in Fig. 1. Through the top of the prong 1), near its junction with the yoke or bow 0, passes a pivot-pin d,-upon which is mounted, free to rotate in a plane parallel to the plane of the prongs bf, the semi-ellipticalshaped hook e. Integral with the upper por-' tion of the hook e is a guard g in the form of a flange, which inthe closed position of the hook overlaps the yoke c. of the guard g are inclined and are thereby adapted to make free the passage of. the hair- The end edges 5 pin through the hair in removing it therefrom. It will be understood that in withdrawing the hair-pin from the hair the inclined edges 5 permit the hair to pass more freely over the guard 9 than it these edges abrupt or angular. The guard g serves to prevent straggling hairs from being caught between the hook and the yoke and to obviate the entangling of such hairs with the hook in removing the hair-pin. The guard serves also as a clasp to retain the hook in closed position.

In Fig. 4 is shown a back comb 9', provided with a hook 7c, pivoted at m and provided with a guard at.

In swinging on its'pivot the hook moves in a plane parallel to the plane of the prongs or teeth and bridges the space between them, thereby securely locking the whole device in position.

What I claim is 1. A hairretain ing device comprising the combination with a member provided with prongs of a hook pivoted to swing behind ,said prongs in a plane parallel to the plane pair of cooperating prongs and a yoke connecting said'prongs; and a pivotally-mounted hook formed with a guard opposite its hook end, which guard fits over said yoke when the hook is swung down into operative position and prevents hair from entering between the hook and yoke.

' RODNEY B. OSTERHOUDT Witnesses: a

W. O. HAMILTON, Josnrrr M. FOWLER.

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